| 词条 | George King (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name=Sir George King |image= |caption= |birth_date= 15 July 1809 |death_date= {{death-date and age|18 August 1891|15 July 1809}} |birth_place=Stonehouse, Devon, England |death_place=Exeter, Devon, England |nickname= |allegiance={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears=1822–1877 |rank=Admiral |unit= |commands=HMS Leander HMS Rodney HMS St Jean d'Acre East Indies and China Station China Station |battles=Crimean War |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }}Admiral Sir George St Vincent King {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (15 July 1809 – 18 August 1891) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Early lifeKing was born on 15 July 1809 at Stonehouse, Devon, the second son of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King and Sarah Anne née Duckworth.[1] He was educated at Royal Naval College, Portsmouth.[1] Naval careerKing joined the Royal Navy in 1822.[2] Promoted to Captain in 1841, he commanded HMS Leander in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[2] He commanded HMS Rodney from 1854 and HMS St Jean d'Acre from 1855.[2] In September 1856, HMS St Jean d'Acre took Earl Granville to the coronation of Czar Alexander II at St Petersburg. Earl Granville was leader of the Liberal party in the House of Lords, and head of the British delegation to Alexander II's coronation.[2] He was appointed Commander-in-chief, East Indies and China Station in 1864 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1865.[2] He retired in 1877 and succeeded his elder brother as the 4th Baronet in 1887.[2] Family lifeKing married Lady Caroline Mary Dawson Damer in 1847.[1] He assumed the arms and prefix surname of the Duckworth family from Admiral Sir John Duckworth, his grandfather, in 1888.[3] King died at his home Wear House in Exeter, Devon, on 18 August 1891 aged 82.[1] He was buried in a new vault at Topsham Cemetery, Exeter on 25 August 1891.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite magazine|magazine=Illustrated London News|title=Obituary - Sir George Duckworth-King, Bart|date=29 August 1891|page=6}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 William Loney RN 3. ^Papers of Admiral Sir John Duckworth 4. ^{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Western Times|title=Funeral of Admiral Sir George Duckworth King|date=28 August 1891|page=2}} External links
|first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=King, George St. Vincent |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray }}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station | years=1864–1865 | before=Sir Augustus Kuper | after=Frederick Montresor (as Commander-in-Chief East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station)}} |-{{Succession box| title=Commander-in-Chief, China Station | before=New Post | after=Sir Henry Keppel | years=1865–1867}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:King, George}} 5 : 1809 births|1891 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War |
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